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Various Artists - Inner Trust (CD)
David Kokoski, Max Bolleman, Gerry Teekens, Leon Parker, Ed Howard; Performed by …
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R438
Discovery Miles 4 380
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One of David Kikoski's strongest offerings, Inner Trust is a
departure in that it focuses primarily on non-original material.
Three of the ten tracks are by the pianist, but the rest are
standards and jazz classics. Joined by Leon Parker on drums and
fellow Roy Haynes sideman Ed Howard on bass, Kikoski reaches
consistently grand heights of harmonic invention on burning numbers
like "Softly, as in a Morning Sunrise" and John Coltrane's "Some
Other Blues." "Winnie's Garden," a Kikoski-penned workout over the
chord changes to "Sweet Georgia Brown," practically overflows with
energy. And Thelonius Monk's "We See" swings with almost comic
cleverness. On the softer side are "You Don't Know What Love Is,"
"Old Folks," and the unaccompanied "Once Upon a Summertime." "Two
Lonely People," a little-known song composed by master pianist Bill
Evans and once sung by Tony Bennett, is also noteworthy. Of the two
remaining originals, "Mirical" is mannered, but the title track is
one of Kikoski's finest achievements -- a simple, stately melody
that serves as a launching pad for bold and impassioned
improvisation. (A version for quintet can be heard on Roy Haynes's
Praise.) ~ David R. Adler
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